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Learning and Skills Act 2000
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Contents: 200 provisions
- Title and introductory text
- 1 The Council.
- 2 Education and training for persons aged 16 to 19.
- 3 Education and training for persons over 19.
- 4 Encouragement of education and training.
- 4A Learning aims for persons over 19: provision of facilities
- 4B Learning aims for persons over 19: payment of tuition fees
- 4C Sections 4A and 4B: supplementary
- 5 Provision of financial resources.
- 6 Financial resources: conditions.
- 7 Funding of school sixth-forms.
- 8 Links between education and training and employment.
- 9 Assessments and means tests.
- 10 Qualifying accounts and arrangements.
- 11 Further education: governors.
- 11A Support schemes relating to education and training for persons aged 10 to 15
- 12 Research and information.
- 13 Persons with learning difficulties.
- 14 Equality of opportunity.
- 14A Consultation
- 15 Plans.
- 16 Strategy.
- 17 Use of information by Council.
- 18 Supplementary functions.
- 18A Regional councils
- 18B Functions of regional councils
- 18C Guidance to regional councils
- 19 Local councils.
- 20 Functions of local councils.
- 21 Guidance to local councils.
- 22 Plans of local councils.
- 23 Duty of local education authorities.
- 24 Guidance and plans: timing.
- 24A Strategies for functions of Council
- 24B Strategy for functions of Council: Greater London
- 24C Duty of Council
- 25 Directions.
- 26 Committees.
- 27 Grants to Council.
- 28 Annual report.
- 29 Council’s financial year.
- 30 The Council.
- 31 Education and training for persons aged 16 to 19.
- 32 Education and training for persons over 19.
- 33 Encouragement of education and training.
- 33A Formation of local curricula for students aged 16 to 18
- 33B Local curricula: Welsh language
- 33C Areas with more than one local curriculum
- 33D Determination of a pupil's “relevant school or institution”
- 33E Pupils' choices of local curriculum courses
- 33F Students' local curriculum entitlements
- 33G Head teacher's or principal's decision as to entitlement
- 33H Delivery of local curriculum entitlements
- 33I Head teacher's or principal's decision to remove entitlement
- 33J Planning the local curriculum
- 33K Delivery of local curriculum entitlements: joint-working
- 33L Joint-working: guidance and directions
- 33M Power to amend learning domains
- 33N The local curriculum: interpretation
- 33O Local curriculum: directions
- 33P Application of local curriculum provisions to students who are registered pupils of special schools or who have learning difficulties additional learning needs
- 33Q Application of local curriculum provisions to institutions within the higher education sector
- 34 Provision of financial resources.
- 35 Financial resources: conditions.
- 36 Funding of school sixth-forms.
- 37 Assessments and means tests.
- 38 Qualifying accounts and arrangements.
- 39 Further education: governors.
- 40 Research and information.
- 41 Persons with learning difficulties additional learning needs.
- 42 Equality of opportunity.
- 43 Plans.
- 44 Strategy.
- 45 Use of information by Council.
- 46 Supplementary functions.
- 47 Directions.
- 48 Committees.
- 49 Grants to Council.
- 50 Annual report.
- 51 Council’s financial year.
- 52 The Inspectorate.
- 53 The Inspectorate’s remit.
- 54 Functions of the Inspectorate and Chief Inspector.
- 55 Inspections under section 54.
- 56 General powers.
- 57 Right of entry and offences.
- 58 Action plans.
- 59 Annual report.
- 60 The extended remit.
- 61 Additional functions of the Chief Inspector.
- 62 Inspection of further education institutions.
- 63 Right of entry and offences.
- 64 Action plans.
- 65 Area inspections.
- 66 Reports of area inspections.
- 67 Action plans following section 65 inspections.
- 68 Further powers of the Chief Inspector.
- 69 The framework.
- 70 Preparation of the framework.
- 71 Joint inspections.
- 72 Defamation.
- 73 Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales.
- 74 Some defined terms.
- 75 The extended remit of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
- 76 Additional functions of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
- 77 Inspections.
- 78 General powers.
- 79 Right of entry and offences.
- 80 Action plans.
- 81 Inspections of careers services etc.
- 82 Inspections of education and training provided under 1973 Act arrangements.
- 83 Area inspections.
- 84 Action plans following section 83 inspections.
- 85 Studies across Wales or of provision made outside Wales.
- 86 Annual reports.
- 87 Annual plan of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
- 88 Defamation.
- 89 Dissolution of FEFC for England.
- 90 Preliminary transfers: FEFC for England.
- 91 Dissolution of FEFC for Wales.
- 92 Transfers: England.
- 93 Transfers: Wales.
- 94 Stamp duty.
- 94A Stamp duty land tax
- 95 Contracts of employment.
- 96 Persons under 19.
- 97 Persons over 19.
- 98 Approved qualifications
- 99 Approved qualifications: Wales.
- 100 Authorised bodies.
- 101 Enforcement
- 102 Enforcement: Wales.
- 103 Amendments relating to external qualifications.
- 104 Qualifying accounts.
- 105 Qualifying arrangements.
- 106 Qualifying arrangements: Northern Ireland.
- 107 Qualifying arrangements: further provision.
- 108 Grants.
- 109 Grants: Northern Ireland.
- 110 Secondary education.
- 111 Further education corporations.
- 112 Further education institutions: designation.
- 113 Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
- 113A Restructuring of sixth-form education
- 114 Provision of services.
- 115 Consultation and coordination.
- 116 Local education authorities.
- 117 Educational institutions: information and access.
- 118 Inspection.
- 119 Information: supply by Secretary of State.
- 120 Information: supply by public bodies.
- 121 Supplementary.
- 122 Careers services.
- 123 Provision of services.
- 124 Local authority: duty and powers.
- 125 Consultation and coordination.
- 126 Educational institutions: information and access.
- 127 Inspection.
- 128 Conduct and effect of inspections.
- 129 Supplementary.
- 130 City academies.
- 131 City academies: land.
- 132 City academies: financial provisions.
- 133 City colleges and academies: special educational needs.
- 134 Pensions.
- 135 Pensions: interpretation.
- 136 Pensions: delegation.
- 137 Recreation and social and physical training.
- 138 Wales: provision of information by public bodies.
- 139 Induction periods for teachers.
- 139A Assessments relating to learning difficulties: England
- 139B Assessments under section 139A: interpretation
- 139C Assessments under section 139A: persons educated at home
- 140 Assessments relating to learning difficulties: Wales
- 141 Training programmes: cessation of funding.
- 142 Further and higher education corporations: secondary education.
- 143 Further education sector: designated institutions.
- 144 Designated institutions: disposal of land, &c.
- 145 Further education colleges: governors’ liability.
- 146 Financial support for students.
- 147 Financial support for students: Northern Ireland.
- 148 Sex education.
- 149 Amendments.
- 150 Wales.
- 151 Transitional provisions.
- 152 Orders and regulations.
- 153 Repeals.
- 154 Commencement.
- 155 Extent.
- 156 Citation.
- SCHEDULE 1 Learning and Skills Council for England
- SCHEDULE 1A Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
- SCHEDULE 2 Local councils
- SCHEDULE 4 National Council for Education and Training for Wales
- SCHEDULE 5 Committees (Wales)
- SCHEDULE 6 The Adult Learning Inspectorate
- SCHEDULE 8 City academies: land
- SCHEDULE 9 Amendments
- SCHEDULE 10 Transitional provisions
- SCHEDULE 11 Repeals
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53 The Inspectorate’s remit.
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Propose a change54 Functions of the Inspectorate and Chief Inspector.
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Propose a change55 Inspections under section 54.
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Propose a change56 General powers.
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Propose a change57 Right of entry and offences.
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Propose a change58 Action plans.
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Propose a change59 Annual report.
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Propose a change60 The extended remit.
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Propose a change61 Additional functions of the Chief Inspector.
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Propose a change62 Inspection of further education institutions.
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Propose a change63 Right of entry and offences.
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Propose a change64 Action plans.
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Propose a change65 Area inspections.
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Propose a change66 Reports of area inspections.
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Propose a change67 Action plans following section 65 inspections.
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Propose a change68 Further powers of the Chief Inspector.
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Propose a change69 The framework.
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Propose a change70 Preparation of the framework.
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Propose a change71 Joint inspections.
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Propose a change72 Defamation.
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Propose a change73 Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales.
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In any provision of, or made under, any enactment— (a) for “Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales” substitute “ Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru ”; and (b) for “Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools in Wales” substitute “ Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales or Arolgwyr Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru ”.
Propose a change74 Some defined terms.
(1) In this Part— ... “local authority in Wales” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (see section 579(1) of that Act); “the National Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales. (2) In this Part, any reference to the Chief Inspector for Wales is to be read as a reference to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru.
Propose a change75 The extended remit of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
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Propose a change76 Additional functions of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
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Propose a change77 Inspections.
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Propose a change78 General powers.
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Propose a change79 Right of entry and offences.
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Propose a change80 Action plans.
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Propose a change81 Inspections of careers services etc.
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Propose a change82 Inspections of education and training provided under 1973 Act arrangements.
(1) The Chief Inspector for Wales may, at the request of the Secretary of State or the Chief Inspector for England , inspect any education or training provided in Wales by the Secretary of State in accordance with arrangements made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973. (2) A report of an inspection conducted under this section at the request of the Secretary of State must be given to the Secretary of State. (3) The Secretary of State may arrange for the report to be published in such manner as he considers appropriate. (4) A report of an inspection conducted under this section at the request of the Chief Inspector for England must be given to that Chief Inspector. (5) The Chief Inspector for England may arrange for the report to be published in such manner as he considers appropriate. (6) The Chief Inspector for Wales must send a copy of any report under subsection (2) or (4) to the National Assembly. (7) In this section “the Chief Inspector for England” means Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills.
Propose a change83 Area inspections.
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Propose a change84 Action plans following section 83 inspections.
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Propose a change85 Studies across Wales or of provision made outside Wales.
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Propose a change86 Annual reports.
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Propose a change87 Annual plan of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
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Propose a change88 Defamation.
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Propose a change89 Dissolution of FEFC for England.
(1) On the appointed day— (a) the Further Education Funding Council for England shall be dissolved, and (b) all property, rights and liabilities to which it was entitled or subject immediately before that day shall by virtue of this section become property, rights and liabilities of the Learning and Skills Council for England. (2) The appointed day is the day appointed under section 154 for the commencement of this section.
Propose a change90 Preliminary transfers: FEFC for England.
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Propose a change91 Dissolution of FEFC for Wales.
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